How to Start a Short Story

In a short story, more than ever you want to catch the reader's attention as quickly as possible in the limited space. Here are a few tips to get readers invested from the start!

RESOURCES
How to Write a Short Story:    • How to Write a Short Story  
How to Start a Scene:    • How to Start a Scene  
How to Write a Novel Opening:    • How to Write a Novel Opening  
Short Story Contest (weekly by theme): https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-conte...
The Most Common Short Story Titles: http://neil-clarke.com/top-ten-most-c...

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - The inciting incident
1:30 - Start late on the timeline
2:23 - The fire line
4:35 - The title
5:29 - Interesting actions

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